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Food, Antibiotics & Public Health: A Call to Action
Last week EES attended Food, Antibiotics & Public Health: A Call to Action in Healthcare, a speaking engagement in Philadelphia, Pa. The...
Heather Cummings
Dec 7, 20103 min read
Electric Rate Cap Expiration
Now that the holiday season is upon us, the new year is just around the corner. With the new year comes many changes, one of which...
Heather Cummings
Dec 3, 20102 min read
OSHA Cracks Down on Serious Safety & Health Violations
In the past year OSHA has issued more significant and costly citations than in any similar time frame during the past decade. OSHA...
Heather Cummings
Nov 30, 20101 min read
OSHA's Shopping Season Precautions
With Black Friday just around the corner, retail stores around the country are preparing for holiday shoppers. Most companies’ number...
Heather Cummings
Nov 24, 20101 min read
The Eagles Go Green
In an announcement late last week, the Philadelphia Eagles shared their plan to attain energy independence from fossil fuels. The...
Heather Cummings
Nov 23, 20102 min read
Hospital Sustainability Survey
After writing our Hospital Sustainability series (Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6) we were interested in learning more about your hospital or...
Heather Cummings
Nov 19, 20101 min read
OSHA Protects BP Oil Spill Workers
When one thinks about the BP oil spill, what comes to mind? The initial explosion, which killed 11 employees; the ecological affects;...
Heather Cummings
Nov 16, 20102 min read
EPA Extends SPCC Deadline to Ensure Owner/Operator Comprehension
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) extended the deadline for updated Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plans by...
Heather Cummings
Nov 12, 20101 min read
First GHG Emission Standard for Trucks and Buses
Last month the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed another initiative to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The EPA,...
Heather Cummings
Nov 9, 20101 min read
One Local Company Makes Sustainability a Priority
In our society the bottom line is paramount for most business owners; however, one New Jersey company found a way to make the environment...
Heather Cummings
Nov 5, 20101 min read
2010’s Top 10 OSHA Violations
Last month OSHA announced its top 10 most-cited violations for the 2010 fiscal year. The number one violation, for the second year in a...
Heather Cummings
Nov 2, 20102 min read
The Lone Star State's Reaction to GHG Permitting Regulations
The state of Texas is known for its size, both in land mass and personality. Now the state has turned its outsized personality against...
Heather Cummings
Oct 29, 20101 min read
New EPA Policy Regulates Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have become a focal point in EPA policy in recent years. The deadline for GHG permitting is fast...
Heather Cummings
Oct 26, 20101 min read
A Revised Interpretation of OSHA Noise Standards
A new article was posted on October 19, 2010 on the Occupational Health & Safety website explaining the new “proposed interpretation”...
Allison Stalker
Oct 22, 20102 min read
Poor Air Quality Puts Chilean Miners at Risk
The world breathed a deep sigh of relief last week when the thirty-three Chilean miners were rescued after sixty-nine days below ground. ...
Heather Cummings
Oct 19, 20101 min read
The City of Philadelphia Joins the Sustainability Fight
We recently shared a six part series on sustainability initiatives in the healthcare industry; however, hospitals and medical centers are...
Tom Petersen
Oct 15, 20101 min read
EES Hospital Air Permit Program
The EES Hospital Air Permit Program focuses on Clean Air Act compliance. We complete a number of tasks to ensure your facility is...
Tom Petersen
Oct 12, 20101 min read
Stormwater Management Practices
The City of Philadelphia has recently changed their stormwater management policies along with the system used to charge customers. On...
Allison Stalker
Oct 8, 20103 min read
Final Air Toxics Standards for Area Sources in the Chemical Manufacturing Industry
In October 2009, the EPA released new national air toxics standards for small to medium sized chemical manufacturing facilities that meet...
Allison Stalker
Oct 5, 20102 min read
Pharmaceutical Waste Disposal and Best Management Practices (Part 2 of 2)
In Part 1 of our series on Pharmaceutical Waste, we discussed the EPA Draft Proposal to add hazardous pharmaceutical wastes to the...
Paul Rivers
Oct 1, 20102 min read
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EES has been providing environmental health & safety consulting and engineering services for more than 25 years, serving healthcare, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, aerospace and higher education organizations across the United States and Canada.
President and Engineer Tom Petersen, P.E. has more than 36 years of environmental engineering, health & safety and process safety experience.
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